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July 10, 1923. 1,461,218

R. N. MAXWELL GAME Filed June 28 1922 f2, ya (2l 25% e www? ao: nu,

l' Patented July 10, 1923.

UNITED STATES minutenl N. MAXWELL, lor CINCINNATI, oH-Io.

GAME.

Application filed .Tune 12S, 1922. Serial No. 571,365.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it lmown that I, RUDOLPH N. MAXWELL, a citizen of the `United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Game, of which the following is a specification. i

My invention relates to games 'of the type wherein movable bodiesy such as balls, must be lodged in individual pockets in order to end the game.

An object of myinvention is to provide a simple and'attractive device of this kind.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device which is simple in construction and may be readily assembled.

These and other objects are attained. by means described herein and disclosed in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention. v

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2--2 of Fig. l. y

The base 3 carries sides 4 and 5, and .ends 6 and 7, the sides and ends supportin a transparent cover, such as a plate of g ass 8, and whereby a chamber 9 is formed within the device. j The sides and ends may be integral with the base, and be bent thereupon as shown in Fig. 2 and a suitable retaining band 10 may be mounted about the sides and ends and have flanges 11 and 12 formed on it, which vflanges over-lap the base and plate, thereby retaining the parts in their proper relation. The ends of the band may be secured upon one another in any suitable manner, such as by slotting one end of the band, as shown at 13, and forming a tongue 14 on the other end of the band, which tongue may be inserted thru the slot, and be turned or bent as shown in Fig. 1. The slotted end of the band is also turned upon itself as shown` in Fig. 1. Mounted upon the base, and contained within the chamber 9 are a series of strips 15, 16 and 17 all of substantially the same shape. Each strip comprises a substantially U shaped body 18, the free ends 19 and 20 formed on the arms 21 and 22, being turned upon the arms and extending vin substantial parallelism with the arms, whereby there are formed auxiliary kpockets 22 adjacent the mouth 23 of the U shaped structure, and a seat or main pocket 24 at the base of the U shaped structure.k At the mouthv 23 of the channels 25 formed between the arms 21 and 22 is formed a depression 26, in

the movable elements such as balls 27 may lodge. Spots 28 are disposed within the channels 25 at the seats 24, vand designate the positions assumed by the balls 27 when the game` is finished. :Adjacent strips 18 have their mouths 23 disposed so asto open at opposite ends of the device. The turned over-end of one of the arms is disposed'in substantial alignment withthe turned over end ofone-of the arms of the next adjacent strip, the ends being, spaced as shown at 29, thereby providing'a passage between adjacent strips thru which the balls 27 may pass. The object of the game is tolodge one` each of the balls 27 in one each of the pockets .24.' The depressions 26 serve to check the entry of the balls into the channels 25. The auxiliary pockets 22 serve to catch the balls 27 and hinder the free movement of the balls end-wise of the device.

What I claim is: 1. In a game of the class described the combination of a series of substantially U shaped strips having a main pocket formed at their base, the karms of* the strips being turned upon themselves at their free ends, whereby to form auxiliary pockets adjacent the ends of the arms, the strips being disposed with their arms in substantial parallelism one with theother, adjacent strips having their main pockets disposed at op-` posite ends of the device, and movable bodies adapted to be lodged in the pockets.l

2. In a game of the class described the l combination of a series of yU shaped strips`- having their arms extending in parallelism `and mounted adjacently kone to the other,

the strips being `so formed as to provide pockets at the bases of the strips, and a pair of auxiliary pockets at the heads of each of the strips, the pockets being formed by portions of the strips extending in substantial parallelism withone another, adjacent strips havingtheir auxiliary pockets disl posed at opposite ends of the device, the

downwardly upon themselves wherebyto extend in substantial parallelism lwith the un-,f

turned portion of the arms and to form auxiliary seats at the upper ends of the arms, and a main pocket at the base of the arms, the strips being mounted adjacent one another and having their arms disposed in substantial parallelism one with the other, y

whereby adj acentl strips have theii` mouths opening to opposite ends of the base, the turned upper arm of one stip being aligned IU with and spaced from a turned upper arm RUDDLPH N. MAXVELL. 

